You may be asking for trouble when you commission taxidermy work from someone who is unfamiliar with the species. That was just the case for King Frederick I of Sweden in 1731. The lion was a gift, but after it died, the pelt and bones were presented to a taxidermist who had never seen a lion. The result looks more like a cartoon character than the king of beasts.

The link has been translated using Google translate so some of the wording seems strange as it's been translated from Swedish to English.